An Indiana man fleeing from police in Champaign County was apprehended by Kankakee County Sheriff’s deputies Saturday.

About 200 Kankakee High School students participated in a walkout just after 12:30 p.m. Friday in protest of national immigration policies and Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions.

Two children are in critical condition and a Pembroke Township woman arrested following a single-vehicle crash Friday.

The Hammond, Indiana, man accused of shooting a rural Momence bar owner execution-style in the head once worked with her at the bar, a prosecutor said.

Arthur Hopewell, of Kankakee, was found guilty of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm of his now ex-wife last Wednesday in Kankakee County court.

Pope Leo XIV named Spies named apostolic administrator as former Diocese of Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks became the archbishop of New York on Friday.

Will County Emergency Management Agency is reminding residents that river ice can be unpredictable, especially during periods of warming.

Julius E. Burkes Jr., the man accused of killing Courtney M. Drysdale earlier this week, on Wednesday waived extradition from Indiana.

According to Kankakee County Sheriff’s police, 47-year-old Julius E. Burkes Jr. was apprehended in the 6400 block of Rhode Island Avenue, in Hammond, Indiana, as he was exiting his residence.